laugh lines
noun
US
: wrinkles that appear next to the eyes and that are most noticeable when a person is smiling or laughing
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Soft-spoken with laugh lines and a glint in his saucer-sized blue eyes, his appeal is universal.
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Kalia Richardson, Rolling Stone, 22 Feb. 2025
Alexander never got the chance to watch his hair go gray, or to see time etch his laugh lines into place.
—Corey Buhay, Outside Online, 1 Feb. 2025
Feng chuckled, the laugh lines around her eyes deepening.
—Reia Li, The Arizona Republic, 11 Nov. 2024
O’Hara’s text has a sitcom patter to it with transparent laugh lines that feel almost like Neil Simon with more atmospheric profanity.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 18 Nov. 2024
Macdonald’s laugh lines are deep, the collateral of a lifetime spent having a good time.
—Brendan Quinn, The Athletic, 6 Aug. 2024
With all the laugh lines going to Jonah Hill, Richard Ayoade, and Will Forte’s mustache, Stiller’s normally bankable stolidness becomes this disappointing film’s ball and chain.
—Sean Malin, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2024
Reviewers say this indulgently creamy yet lightweight formula noticeably reduced the appearance of their laugh lines, so even at 0.03%, retinol can be extremely effective.
—Devon Abelman, Glamour, 17 Sep. 2024
The gags and laugh lines are middling at best and the situation could hardly be called a masterpiece of farcical construction.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 1 Aug. 2024
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Kalia Richardson, Rolling Stone, 22 Feb. 2025
Alexander never got the chance to watch his hair go gray, or to see time etch his laugh lines into place.
—Corey Buhay, Outside Online, 1 Feb. 2025
Feng chuckled, the laugh lines around her eyes deepening.
—Reia Li, The Arizona Republic, 11 Nov. 2024
O’Hara’s text has a sitcom patter to it with transparent laugh lines that feel almost like Neil Simon with more atmospheric profanity.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 18 Nov. 2024
Macdonald’s laugh lines are deep, the collateral of a lifetime spent having a good time.
—Brendan Quinn, The Athletic, 6 Aug. 2024
With all the laugh lines going to Jonah Hill, Richard Ayoade, and Will Forte’s mustache, Stiller’s normally bankable stolidness becomes this disappointing film’s ball and chain.
—Sean Malin, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2024
Reviewers say this indulgently creamy yet lightweight formula noticeably reduced the appearance of their laugh lines, so even at 0.03%, retinol can be extremely effective.
—Devon Abelman, Glamour, 17 Sep. 2024
The gags and laugh lines are middling at best and the situation could hardly be called a masterpiece of farcical construction.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 1 Aug. 2024
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“Laugh lines.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/laugh%20lines. Accessed 19 Mar. 2025.
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